This is fail of the epic kind. The type where rocks fall and everybody dies.

I'd seen Jared Diamond's books around and had every intention of getting around to reading one at some point. Those who know me well will recognise this to mean that I will get around to reading it but god only knows when.

I had planned on reading The Collapse of ( Read more... )

Check out ' Oh John Ringo No!' as to why this allusion is particularly appropriate.

No cuts, for extreme anger.

Okay, THIS just amazes me. People are seriously having discourse about this and cannot see how it is wrong in fundamental ways ( Read more... )

For you women on my flist, fyi!

...if you are in/near Melbourne, of course. Provided by the AFUW - Australian Federation of University Women. Open to all.

Women and Money Seminars: free, independent and informative seminars for womenIn other news, Velociraptor Awareness Day (Sat 18 April) was celebrated in style at my house on the weekend. ( Read more... )

Despite Shelly's version supposedly having more appeal, I'm more fond of Smith's poem.

( Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelly )

( When night's black mantle could most darkness prove by Mary Wroth )

Here is another collection of poems, one for each day.

( Untitled by Huexotzin, Prince of Texcoco, c. 1484 (translated) )

Parochialism aside, I find that the discovery of April as Poetry Month in the US is eerily relevant - I have found two poems over the last two days that I have quite liked, from very different areas. I was following Poetry Month unknowingly ( Read more... )

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Spacial Segregation: - What do you do when the Russians start charging you for carrying your astronauts up to the international space station? You introduce segregation! I think the fact that this was put under 'Oddbods' or 'Funnies' is almost as tasteless as the segregation itself. See! Racism and ( Read more... )

To quote Iago from Aladdin, "I'm am so not suprised. I think I'm going to have a heart attack and die from not surprise ( Read more... )

As I prepare for Earth Hour 2009, turning off lights and (about to begin) shutting off my laptop, I can hear the roar of the Grand Prix cars in the distance.

Does anyone else find it ironic that the Grand Prix will be on during Earth Hour? Apparently not the channel 7 news - they had the GP coming up right after Earth Hour in their news bulletin.*